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NHS LOTHIAN Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurses for all Specialties |
NHS Lothian are recruiting Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurses. We have an extensive range of specialties, covering a large geographical area.
Do you want to kick-start or consolidate your nursing career?
Working in NHS Lothian will provide you with the opportunity to gain a wide range of transferrable skills and experience. By joining our friendly and supportive teams, you will have the opportunity for ongoing training, career development and progression opportunities.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the link below:
https://services.nhslothian.scot/nursingandmidwifery/strategic-plan-2023-2028/
Offering full and part time hours and flexible shift patterns - NHS Lothian is a fantastic organisation and a great place to work!
Spotlight on East Lothian Older Adult Mental Health Team: Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (OACMHT) is a multi-disciplinary team, made up of Mental Health Nurses, occupational therapist, psychiatrists and psychologists. The core purpose of the Community Mental Health Teams is to establish, maintain and develop a comprehensive response to meet the changing needs of our identified client group and their carer’s. Our general aim is to facilitate and participate in client centred holistic care. We do this by providing mental wellbeing assessments, support, care and treatment to all adults over 65 years of age, including dementia diagnosis and post diagnostic support. We also host Alzheimer’s Scotland Post Diagnostic Support Link Workers who provide support to people who are newly diagnosed with dementia and meet the 5 pillars model. Contact : Suzanne Walker, 01620 642741, Suzanne.Walker@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk |
In addition, we have a wide variety of exciting opportunities within the Community, Community hospitals, Acute hospitals, Outpatients and Prisons. We offer a variety of different shift patterns, excellent opportunities for career development and you will have the chance to be part of one of our many fantastic teams.
For more information on the vacancies available, please see the attached flyers below.
If you would like to have an informal, visit or have a tour of any of our areas, please email the Generic Recruitment Team, who will be able to help arrange this for you: loth.genericrecruitment@nhs.scot
When completing the online application form please note if you have an area of preference. We will endeavor to place successful candidates in their area of preference if possible.
If you are currently working within NHS Lothian in a substantive band 5 Staff Nurse post, and wish to transfer to another area at the same grade, an option that is available to you is the internal transfer process. Please speak to your Charge Nurse for more information.
Internal recruitment application process for nursing vacancies (scot.nhs.uk)
Please note that we anticipate that the interviews for this advert will take place on Tuesday 11th June 2024 at the Comely Bank Centre in Edinburgh.
Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at:
https://careers.nhslothian.scot/acute-specialist-nurses/who-we-are/